I’m taking a ride down the river To forget the troubles I’ve had I come from the swamps and the sewers I’ve passed through the sweet lemon grass To find better times on the river To find time that moves ahead And if my fortune is sour down river Then I’m better off dead I still remember the singer Of a band that I never like He told me the song of the summer Kept getting stuck in his head But when I hear the song of the river I open my heart and sing We carry our tune down river And it spreads through the land Bernie Ebbers is a winner Clifford the dog is a fraud No action belongs in the middle I guess that’s why they believe in a god I know I belong on the river And if I hear them call me back Tell them my home’s on the river And I’m not coming back